Drag performers will take center stage during a lively brunch soiree at Toups South, located in New Orleans’ Southern Food & Beverage Museum (SoFAB), on Sunday, November 12. Native New Orleanian and Culinary Activist, Poppy Tooker, along with Crescentcare-NO/AIDS Task Force, will host “Poppy’s Pop-Up Drag Brunch” to support Food For Friends – a meal-delivery program, which has served people living with AIDS and cancer in the greater New Orleans area for over two decades by supplying groceries, household/personal care products, and home-delivered meals to clients and their families.

Priced at $50 per person (excluding tax and server gratuity), the three-course brunch will highlight the refined cuisine of James Beard “Best Chef: South” Finalist, Chef Isaac Toups. The event is set to take place 11:30 AM – 2 PM, pairing amuse-bouche and breakfast fare with a variety of mid-morning cocktails including bottomless Mimosas and Pimm’s Cups.

The festive brunch will feature an array of Chef Isaac Toups’ gastronomic specialties, as follows: